Bryan Allen
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Have you no taste ???? Lucky ?????
Any recommendations on a decent cooler.
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Eden Island
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I tried flexible plastic first, which got me thru a season, but leather has lasted much longer!
kaelc
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#islanders. 25 years of drinking lucky including when the young ladies from Cumberland somehow managed to steel a case to share with us when off sales were done. My buddy married one and let’s just say I know the fisherman the other is very happily married too. Sober now but if I fall off the wagon and someone offered me one I’d crack it in a second.
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Rain City
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I was looking at the Yeti 165 today, mostly for it's dimensions. It seems to be the smallest profile, but longest length. Is the Igloo the same? Doesn't look like it with that 30" fish in there.
BC Coast Pilot
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See attached Pic, you may be under billing your clients
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Keith Brown
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I use a Yeti 250 on the deck exclusively for fish. I fill it completely with flaked ice at the start of a trip ($20-$30). We may have to shovel a little over board to start with, for the first few fish, but cooling the fish from water temperature to 32f/0c really consumes the ice.
Here is a formula that some of you may be interested in. One British Thermal Unit (BTU) equals one pound of water one degree F. However the change of state from Ice to Water is 144 BTUs. So you take a salmon (or any other fish) that weighs 20 pounds at 45 degrees F to 32 degrees requires 1.8 lbs of ice. 20x13=260 divided by 144 =1.8 so on a five day trip when the fishing is good it is realistic that you can consume over 40lbs of ice just to cool the fish to 32 degrees Fahrenheit. This formula gives no consideration to the sun load, the outdoor air temperature or opening the door to put fish in. On three occasions in the last two seasons we came home with barely enough room or ice. When the cooler is full of fish I stop in Parksville and use a forklift to move the cooler into the truck box so I can take the fish home for easy processing in my driveway.
If you have daily access to ice or are out for the day the 250 can be cumbersome. Yes Yetis are expensive, but they are the gold standard and they're not made in China. The two Yetis (75 for food) on the back deck of my boat are in a war zone. They are used as chairs, table, cutting board and a work bench not to mention accidental contact. Not changing brands for a Chinese look alike.
Irrelevant Factoid; Air conditioners and Coolers are still rated in "Tons" of cooling capacity. Which is equal to melting one ton of ice in 24hrs.
Saxe Point
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If you need a forklift to get the cooler into the back of your truck, how do you get it out of your boat?
Pineapple Express
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The answer is in your question: forklift!
I'm wondering where/how the public can get access to a forklift for this task?
Saxe Point
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That’s a hell of a boat if you can get a forklift on it. I’d call it a ship rather than a boat.
Pineapple Express
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Saxe Point
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LOL. That requires quite an imagination!
Keith Brown
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I have a side door on the boat. Two men lift/drag it to the door and the forklift runs his forks to/thru the door. Once its on the forks it slides easily. When its in the back of the truck I back in the driveway set up a table, garden hose and filleting and packaging is a breeze. Its not that the Yeti 250 can't be moved. Its just that the drop over the side of the boat to ground level, would require 4 strong men or 8 tired old men like me. The gunnel height of our boat has to be close to 8ft when its on the trailer. We could try and whittle it thru the door and down but it would still be over our heads. The stop in Parksville is a no brainer. Putting the empty cooler back in the boat when its in the slip is easy for two men.
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Keith Brown
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Woops didn't see your post until I posted the above.
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Keith Brown
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I have friend right off the highway. Its not public. However I thought if I were to be coming home on the weekend when my fried isn't there, that I might just pay a fish plant operator to unload it since there open seven days a week. They sometimes run a tote of ice to the boat to fill the coolers if their not unloading a boat.
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adbk
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I upgraded my coolers on this last Nootka trip I did in august. I was replacing an igloo 70 and a Coleman extreme. After reading way too many cooler threads across way too many forums and Reddit discussions I decided the best way for us to go was with an Opah kill bag (salmon size) and a yeti tundra 75. Came away very impressed with both but the opah stole the show. Kept the yeti full of sea ice back at camp and brought the kill bag on the boat with us filled with ice each day. Topped it up a bit each morning but it was amazing how well it kept the fish and ice. I would recommend this bag without hesitation. It’s also easier to place in the boat, carry out etc. Beyond happy with it. The yeti held ice better than any of our other coolers by a wide margin. Day 3 our other two coolers still had ice but barely any- the yeti was missing a tiny bit.
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Brando
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Not mentioned yet but I am a big fan of Engels products they’ve been around for ever and the quality is excellent. I bought the 123 and a reliable kill bag 
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Engel 123 High Performance Hard Cooler and Ice Box
Engel, the original high-performance roto-molded cooler was built for toughness and durability. With a full 2 inches of closed-cell foam insulation in the lid, on the sides, and the bottom, helping to retain cold and ice for up to 10 days. Unlike the rubber gaskets used by our competitors...
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